"The State of Israel reserves the right to take any means necessary against any of the released prisoners if they commit any terrorist and hostile activities as well as returning them to serve the remainder of their sentence, as will be decided by the relevant authorities."

Military Order 1651, Article 186 lets a special Israeli military committee sentence released prisoners to complete unserved time. It can do so based on secret evidence or none at all.

In 2009, the order became effective. Dozens of rearrests followed. Doing so spurns fundamental rule of law standards. Israel acts lawlessly. It does so with impunity.

Resisting Israeli repression is called terrorism. So is supporting right over wrong. Military Order 101 criminalizes fundamental freedoms. Prohibitions include:

• organizing protests;

• participating in them;

• public assembles and vigils;

• holding them to seek relief from legitimate grievances;

• displaying Palestinian flags and other symbols;

• printing and distributing Palestinian political material; and

• influencing public opinion by "political incitement."

Supporting so-called "hostile organizations" are prohibited. Demonstrations sympathetic to Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Palestine, and similar groups are strictly forbidden.

Marwan Barghouti is a prisoner of conscience. On April 14, 2002, he was arrested. Spurious charges followed.

They included murder, aiding and abetting murder, promoting murder, criminal conspiracy, and being an active member of a terrorist organization.

At the time he said:

"I am a political leader, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, elected by my people."

"Israel has no right to try me, to accuse me, to judge me. This is a violation of international law. I have a (legal) right to resist occupation."

On May 20, 2004, he was convicted of involvement in three so-called terrorist attacks causing five deaths. He was acquitted on 33 other charges. He received five consecutive life sentences plus 40 years.

Throughout his ordeal, supporters campaigned for his release. They include many Palestinians, activist Israelis, European parliamentarians, and Gush Shalom (The Peace Bloc).

It's against occupation. It supports Palestinian self-determination. It wants their rights respected like Jews.

Some Barghouti supporters call him Palestine's Mandela. They oppose his lawless arrest and imprisonment. They want him freed. They hoped he'd be one of the 104 Israel chose.

They call freeing him a show of good faith. Moderate MKs support doing so. In January 2007, then Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres said he'd pardon him if he became president.

He never did. He won't likely now. In October 2011, Haaretz said he'd be freed. He was expected to be part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange. He remains unjustly imprisoned.

He's Palestine's most popular leader. The Israeli peace camp wants him freed. He's incorruptible. If allowed to run for president, he'd win overwhelmingly.

Initially he supported Oslo. Later he rejected it. Settlement expansions betrayed it. So did stealing Palestinian resources and denying them all rights.

He supports ending longstanding conflict diplomatically. He rejects violence. He's against submission. He's for "any (legal) action against the occupation." He wants it ended.

He rejects America's peace process role. It's no honest broker. It never was. For sure it's not now.